EP4117810A1 - Reaktor und verfahren zur durchführung einer chemischen reaktion - Google Patents
Reaktor und verfahren zur durchführung einer chemischen reaktionInfo
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Definitions
- the invention relates to a reactor and a method for carrying out a chemical reaction according to the preambles of the independent claims.
- reactors are used in which one or more reactants are passed through heated reaction tubes and converted there catalytically or non-catalytically.
- the heating is used in particular to overcome the activation energy required for the chemical reaction that is taking place.
- the overall reaction can be endothermic or, after the activation energy has been overcome, exothermic.
- the present invention particularly relates to highly endothermic reactions.
- steam cracking steam cracking
- various reforming processes in particular steam reforming, dry reforming (carbon dioxide reforming), mixed reforming processes, processes for the dehydrogenation of alkanes and the like.
- steam cracking the reaction tubes are guided through the reactor in the form of coils, which have at least one reverse bend in the reactor, whereas in steam reforming tubes that run through the reactor without a reverse bend are typically used.
- the reaction tubes of corresponding reactors are conventionally heated by using burners.
- the reaction tubes are guided through a combustion chamber in which the burners are also arranged.
- the aforementioned DE 10 2015004 121 A1 proposes electrical heating of a reactor for steam reforming in addition to firing.
- one or more voltage sources are used that provide or provide a three-phase alternating voltage on three outer conductors.
- Each outer conductor is connected to a reaction tube.
- a star connection is formed in which a star point is implemented by a collector, into which the pipelines open and to which the reaction tubes are conductively connected. In this way, the collector ideally remains potential-free.
- the collector is arranged below and outside the combustion chamber in relation to the vertical and preferably extends transversely to the reactor tubes or along the horizontal.
- WO 2015/197181 A1 likewise discloses a reactor, the reaction tubes of which are arranged in a star-point circuit.
- DE 23 62 628 A1 discloses a tubular furnace for the thermal treatment of liquid or gaseous media in metal pipes that can be heated by means of resistance heating, the pipes to be heated by means of resistance heating being conductively connected to power supply lines via electrical connections at the ends of the sections to be heated .
- US 2014/0238523 A1 relates to a device for heating a pipeline system for a molten salt, comprising at least two pipelines, along each of which an electrical resistance heating element extends, with a potential close to earth potential being set at each electrical resistance heating element at at least one end and the electrical Resistance heating element away from it is connected to a connection of a direct current source or in each case one phase of an n-phase alternating current source.
- the power supply has proven to be challenging in such electrically heated reactors due to the high current flows and temperatures.
- the object of the invention is therefore to improve corresponding electrically heated reactors for carrying out chemical reactions.
- the present invention proposes a reactor and a method for carrying out a chemical reaction according to the preambles of the independent claims. Refinements are the subject matter of the dependent claims and the description below.
- furnace In the mostly partially electrified furnace concept (the term "furnace” is usually understood to denote a corresponding reactor or at least its thermally insulated reaction space) on which the present invention is based, at least one of the reaction tubes or corresponding tube sections thereof (hereinafter also referred to as “tubes” for short) itself is used as an electrical resistor to generate heat.
- This strategy has the advantage of a higher degree of efficiency compared to indirect heating by external electrical heating elements as well as a higher achievable heat flux density.
- the possibility is included to provide part of the total heating power used in the furnace by increasing the price of chemical energy sources.
- the current is fed into the directly heated reaction tubes via M separately connected phases.
- the current-conducting reaction tubes, which are connected to the M phases, are advantageously also electrically connected at a star point.
- the number of phases M is in particular 3, corresponding to the number of phases of conventional three-phase sources or three-phase networks.
- the present invention is not restricted to the use of three phases, but can also be used with a larger number of phases, for example a number of phases of 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8.
- a phase offset amounts to 360 M in particular, i.e. 120 ° for a three-phase alternating current.
- the present invention relates to a reactor for carrying out a chemical reaction which has a reactor vessel (ie a thermally insulated or at least partially insulated area) and one or more reaction tubes, a number of tube sections of the one or more reaction tubes in each case between a first area and a second area within the reactor vessel and through an intermediate area between the first and the second area, and wherein the pipe sections in the first area for electrical heating of the pipe sections each electrically with one or more power connections, in the case of one Direct current arrangement with one or more direct current connections and in the case of a single or multi-phase alternating current arrangement with the phase connection or the phase connections ("outer conductors") of the alternating current source or can be connected, as detailed below explained.
- a reactor vessel ie a thermally insulated or at least partially insulated area
- one or more reaction tubes ie a thermally insulated or at least partially insulated area
- the pipe sections in the first area for electrical heating of the pipe sections each electrically with one or more power connections, in the case of one
- the first area can in particular lie at a first terminal end of the pipe sections just formed and the second area at a second terminal end which is opposite to the first terminal end.
- the first area can be in an upper area and the second area in a lower area of the reactor, or vice versa.
- the first area and the second area are in particular at opposite ends of the reactor vessel or its interior, the interior of the reactor vessel between the first and the second area corresponding in particular to the intermediate area.
- the first area can, for example, represent or include the terminal 5%, 10% or 20% of the interior space at one end of the reactor vessel, while the second area can represent the terminal 5%, 10% or 20% at the other, opposite end of the interior space of the reactor vessel.
- the first area is arranged at the bottom, in particular when the reactor is in operation, the second area at the top.
- an alternating voltage is provided via the phase connections in a multiphase alternating current arrangement and the alternating voltages of the phase connections are phase-shifted in the manner explained above.
- a supply network or a suitable generator and / or transformer can serve as a multiphase alternating current source.
- the pipe sections form, in particular, a star connection in which they are electrically conductively coupled to one another at their respective end opposite the current feed, ie in the second region.
- the pipe sections run particularly freely, i.e. without mechanical support, without electrical contact and / or without fluidic or purely mechanical cross-connections with one another through the reactor vessel.
- they run in particular essentially or completely straight, with “essentially straight” being understood to mean that there is an angular deviation of less than 10 ° or 5 °.
- the cracking reactions in steam cracking are strongly endothermic reactions.
- high currents are therefore required, which are provided in the mentioned reactor concept by one or more transformers placed outside the reactor.
- the electrical current must be conducted from the outside into the interior of the thermally insulated reactor and to the process-conducting areas with the lowest possible losses (low electrical resistance).
- the endothermic reaction together with the very fast flowing process medium on the inside of the pipe leads to a very effective cooling of the Reactor tubes or a very high heat flow density on the inside of the tube. In this way, the desired direct heat transfer from the at least partially electrically heated pipe material to the process gas is achieved in the pipes carrying the process.
- a particular problem concerns the above-mentioned low-loss supply of the high-voltage current to the process-carrying pipes. If electricity is to be fed into the tubes within the reactor, this supply must necessarily take place via lines that cannot be cooled by direct convective heat transfer to a cooler process gas, as will also be explained below. This must not lead to an impermissible temperature increase in the less efficiently cooled areas. In addition, a steep rise in temperature of up to 900 K (max. Temperature difference between environment and reactor) must be overcome within short distances (sometimes less than 1 meter) via this feed.
- the reactor container When penetrating the thermally insulated wall of the reactor vessel, the current conductor has to overcome a quasi-adiabatic zone without inadmissibly high local temperatures occurring in these areas.
- current feed arrangements are provided, to each of which a pipe section or a group of pipe sections is electrically connected.
- the pipe sections are provided in such a number that in each case one or a group of several pipe sections can be connected to one of the power feed arrangements and vice versa.
- the number of current feed arrangements depends on the number of phase connections of the polyphase alternating current source in the case of an alternating current arrangement or this number corresponds to the number of direct current connections. When using an alternating current arrangement, it can be equal to the number of phase connections or an integral multiple thereof. In the latter case, for example, two of the Power feed arrangements each be connected to one of the phase connections of the AC power source, etc.
- the current feed arrangements each comprise one or more contact passages which adjoin or connect to at least one of the pipe sections in the first region and which run through the current feed arrangements.
- the one or more contact passages in the current feed arrangements can, as will be described in more detail below, each run straight or in the form of a reverse curve through the current feed arrangements. They are then designed in particular as wall-reinforced elbows. Reaction tubes without return bends are, in particular, wall-reinforced sleeves.
- the one or more contact passages in the power feed arrangements can, within the scope of the invention, either be in one or more components that are or are attached to the pipe sections and connected to the pipe sections in a high-temperature-resistant manner, or alternatively in the form of one or one each continuous portion of the reaction tubes be formed.
- a configuration with as few components as possible proves to be advantageous, as will also be explained below.
- the pipe sections that run between the first and the second area in the reactor can be welded to a prefabricated component in which one or more of the contact passages run or run, or a corresponding further component can be welded to the pipe sections that run between the first and the second area in the reactor, be cast.
- continuous pipes which on the one hand are to form the pipe sections that run between the first and the second area in the reactor, and on the other hand the contact passages in the respective current feed arrangements, can be provided, and further components of the current feed arrangements can be connected or Casting or welding can be provided.
- the current feed arrangements comprise one or more contact passages "which each adjoins at least one of the pipe sections in the first region or connect ", this means that the contact passages in the power feed arrangements with the respective pipe sections between the first and the second area form a continuous channel for the process fluid to be guided through the pipe sections.
- a pipe interior of the respective pipe sections continues between the first and the second area in the corresponding contact passages, in particular without any significant tapering or widening, a "significant" tapering or widening denoting a tapering or widening by more than 10% of the cross-sectional area target.
- the term "contact passages" is used to express that it is a matter of areas in which there is a conductive connection to a power connection via metallic components, even if in certain embodiments of the invention the "contact passages" are continuous extensions of the pipe sections acts in the first area.
- high-temperature firmly materially connected is intended to denote a type of connection by means of which two or more metallic parts are materially connected to one another and the connection at 500 Q to 1.
- 500 ⁇ , in particular 600 ⁇ to 1,200 ° C or 800 ° C to 1,000 ⁇ is permanent, d. H. does not come off at such temperatures in regular operation.
- a high-temperature-resistant material connection can in particular be designed as a metal-to-metal connection, which is designed in such a way that no non-metallic material remains between the connected parts.
- Such a connection can in particular be produced by welding, casting on or casting around. It can also be a connection in which no structural difference can be determined at the transition of the connected parts and in particular a connection in which no additional metal is used for the connection.
- a wall of the contact passages of each power feed arrangement is connected to a power feed element which has at least one rod-shaped section which runs at a wall passage through a wall of the reactor vessel.
- the "wall" of the reactor vessel can also be an intermediate wall to a separate space, in which the rod-shaped sections are contacted, and that in turn by means of a further wall or several Walls is limited.
- the rod-shaped section is, for example, in contrast to strands or the like, in particular formed as a single piece (ie in particular not in the form of parallel or interwoven wires) from an electrically conductive material such as metal. It can be solid or at least partially tubular, ie designed as a hollow rod.
- the rod-shaped section has a longitudinal extension perpendicular to the wall of the reactor vessel which is at least twice as large, in particular at least three, four or five times and, for example, up to ten times as large as a largest transverse extension parallel to the wall of the reactor vessel.
- the rod-shaped section can, for example, have a round, oval or triangular or polygonal cross section or have any other shape.
- the current feed elements of the current feed arrangements can each be attached directly to the wall of the contact passages with their rod-shaped sections or can merge into this through a one-piece production. However, one or more intermediate elements can also be provided, which then each form part of the current feed elements.
- the current is introduced into the reaction tubes or their tube sections to be heated according to the invention via the rod-shaped section, which is preferably attached to the process-conducting tube in a direction perpendicular to the local process gas flow, i.e. in particular at the apex of a reverse bend or perpendicular to the pipe run in the case of non-bent tubes.
- the rod-shaped section with a homogeneous material composition, there can be a globally decreasing free conductor cross-section from the outside towards the reaction zone. This applies to both the rod-shaped section and the transition area to the reaction tube or the contact passage, which preferably has an increased wall thickness compared to the reaction tube far away from the feed.
- a particularly advantageous embodiment of the present invention includes that for any two cross-sectional areas S1, S2 representing isosurfaces through the power feed element, over which the time-squared value (rms value) of the electrical potential Vrms, i is constant, and in different Distances to the AC voltage source, ie in particular a transformer, are arranged, the time-squared potential Vrms, 1 of the cross-sectional area S1 closer to the transformer is always higher than the time-squared potential averaged potential Vrms, 2 of the cross-sectional area S2 further away from the transformer, so that Vrms, 1> Vrms, 2 applies.
- the terms “closer” and “further” relate to shorter or longer flow paths of the electric current from the power source to the respective cross-sectional area.
- the use of rms values for the potentials relates to reactor operation with alternating current.
- the entire current feed (ie the entire feed element with the contact passage) is also advantageously designed in such a way that for the explained two arbitrary cross-sectional areas S1 and S2 at different distances from the current source and with Vrms, 1> Vrms, 2 the quotient A2 / A1 of the area A2 the cross-sectional area S2 located further away from the current source and the area A1 of the cross-sectional area S1 located closer to the current source is up to 0.5, in particular up to 0.9, up to 1, up to 1, 1 or up to 2.
- the quotient A2 / A1 of the area contents of any such area pair is up to 1.
- the temperature difference T1- T2 the temperature T 1 of the cross-sectional area S1 lying closer to the power source and the temperature T2 of the cross-sectional area S2 further away from the power source at up to -100 K, in particular up to -10 K, up to -1 K, up to 0 K, up to 1 K, up to 10 K or up to 100 K.
- the temperature difference T1-T2 of all such pairs of surfaces is less than 0 K.
- this specification includes the condition that a maximum local temperature increase of -100 K, -10 K, -1 K, 0 K, 1 K, 10 K or 100 K compared to the maximum occurring material temperature in the adjacent Pipe section occurs.
- the power feed element is advantageously designed as a solid rod from the direction of the power source to the pipe sections and leads to the contact passage that is closer to the pipe sections, which can in particular be designed as a thick-walled bend or jacket, up to the relatively thin-walled reactor tubes or the pipe sections to be heated .
- the free conductor cross-section advantageously decreases predominantly continuously or monotonically. Since in the case of identical or similar materials provided in this embodiment, the electrical resistance only depends on the available conductor area, the specific amount of energy released also increases steadily in this way. This achieves the highest possible utilization of the supplied energy, since only the amount of heat absorbed by the process gas can effectively be used in the reaction tubes.
- the exact course of the conductor cross-section is also adapted to the local temperature and heat transfer conditions.
- the rod-shaped section of the current feed element advantageously has a larger cross-sectional area in the area of the wall passage than in at least one remaining area. Since, as mentioned below, the rod-shaped section is slidably guided in the wall passage, the area of the rod-shaped section "in the area of the wall passage" should be understood to mean at least one area that is in the wall passage at maximum thermal expansion of the pipe sections.
- At least the rod-shaped section, the current feed element and the contact section are particularly preferably made from a one-piece component, e.g. in the form of a cast part.
- suitable joining processes e.g. friction welding
- suitable joining processes are advantageously used to ensure that the specified specifications regarding the conductor cross-section and the maximum local temperature increase are adhered to in the area of the joint.
- the power feed elements each have a free line cross-section that is not less at any point between the respective wall passage of the power feed elements and a point on the wall of the one or more contact passages which is closest to the wall passage and is electrically contacted by the respective power feed elements than 10 square centimeters, advantageously at no point less than 30 square centimeters and in particular at no point less than 50 square centimeters.
- a free line cross-section is intended to denote the portion of the cross-section of a line that is designed to conduct electricity.
- a tubular line or a line provided with a groove or a cavity the inside of the pipe or the area of the groove or the cavity does not become a free line cross-section.
- the cross-section corresponds to the line cross-section and the free line cross-section.
- the rod-shaped sections of the power feed elements are each guided longitudinally movably in their wall passages through the wall of the reactor vessel. Freedom of movement ensured in this way is particularly advantageous for the mechanical behavior of the reaction tubes, which is mainly dominated by the thermal expansion of the tubes by several decimeters when the reactor is in operation. As a result of the freedom of movement, the bending load on the reaction tubes, which would occur with a rigid attachment, is reduced.
- the reaction tubes can be attached to the reactor roof in the second area with a rigid star bridge, so that in this way a stable suspension is provided even with a corresponding longitudinal mobility of the rod-shaped sections of the power supply elements.
- the rod-shaped sections of the power supply elements ensure safe lateral guidance of the reaction tubes due to their advantageous dimensioning with a sufficiently high line cross-section.
- the electrical connection in the first area must be implemented in a high temperature range of, for example, approximately 900 ⁇ for steam cracking. This is possible through the measures proposed according to the invention through the choice of suitable materials and their adequate dimensioning.
- the connection should simultaneously have a high electrical conductivity and a high mechanical stability and reliability at high temperatures. Failure of the electrical connection leads to asymmetrical potentials at the star point and, as a result, to the immediate safety-related shutdown of the system due to an undesired current flow of system parts.
- the present invention provides advantages over the prior art by avoiding such situations.
- the contacting of the pipe sections within the reactor vessel provided according to the invention as opposed to contacting that is theoretically also possible outside of the reactor vessel, for which the reaction tubes would have to be led out of the reactor vessel, has the advantage of a more clearly defined route of the electrical heat input, because in this case no electrically heated pipe sections have to be led from the warmer interior to the colder exterior.
- the contacting according to the invention makes it possible to achieve spatially very homogeneous external thermal boundary conditions of the electrically heated pipe sections due to the pipe sections arranged completely within the reactor vessel. This results in process engineering advantages, for example an expected excessive local coke formation in heated and externally thermally insulated passages can be avoided.
- connection elements such as busbars and connection strips.
- the connecting strips and busbars can be made of a different material. Since the temperatures outside the reactor vessel are lower, these connection elements can in particular be designed to be flexible. Switching devices can in particular be installed on a primary side of the transformer system because a higher voltage and a lower current are present there.
- the power supply elements, the contact passages and the pipe sections can be made of the same material or of materials whose electrical conductivity (in the sense of a material constant, as is customary in the specialist field) is not more than 50%, not more than 30%, not more than 10% differ from one another or are advantageously the same.
- the components mentioned can also be made from steels of the same steel class. The use of the same or closely related materials can facilitate casting or welding.
- the current feed elements, the contact passages and the pipe sections have, or are formed from, a heat-resistant chromium-nickel steel alloy with high resistance to oxidation or scaling and high resistance to carburization.
- a heat-resistant chromium-nickel steel alloy with high resistance to oxidation or scaling and high resistance to carburization.
- it can be an iron-containing material with 0.1 to 0.5% by weight of carbon, 20 to 50% by weight of chromium, 20 to 80% by weight of nickel, 0 to 2% by weight of niobium,
- the connecting element and the pipe sections can be made from the same material or from materials whose electrical conductivities (in the sense of a material constant, as is customary in the specialist field) are not more than 50%, not more than 30%, not differ from one another by more than 10% or are advantageously the same.
- the connecting element and the pipe sections can also be formed from steels of the same steel class. The use of the same or closely related materials can facilitate the one-piece design of the connecting element and the pipe sections, for example by casting on or welding.
- all pipe sections within the reactor vessel can be electrically conductively connected to one another by means of a rigid connecting element ("star bridge") when heated by means of multiphase alternating current, or this connection can be made in groups by means of several rigid connecting elements.
- a rigid connecting element star bridge
- the electrically conductive connection is made, that is, when heating by means of multiphase alternating current, in such a way that an at least extensive potential equalization of the phases connected in the first area, as explained, results.
- the one or more connecting elements couple or couple the connected pipe sections in particular in a non-fluid-collecting and non-fluid-distributing manner, in contrast to a collector which is known from the prior art and is arranged outside the reactor.
- the potential equalization proposed in the embodiment of the invention within the reactor vessel has the advantage that there is almost complete freedom from potential or that the current is fed back significantly via a neutral conductor. The result is minimal power dissipation via the header connections to other parts of the process system and extensive protection against accidental contact.
- there is the advantage of the spatially very homogeneous external thermal boundary conditions in contrast to the process-related advantages already explained above, in contrast to the process-related advantages already explained above, which is required for a potential equalization outside the reactor vessel.
- reaction tubes and reactors as they are used for steam cracking.
- the invention can, however, also be used in other types of reactors, as they are then addressed.
- the reactor proposed according to the invention can be used to carry out all endothermic chemical reactions.
- Reaction tubes as are typically used for steam cracking, typically have at least one reverse bend.
- these can be so-called 2-pass coils. These have two pipe sections in the reactor vessel, which merge into one another via (precisely) a reverse bend and therefore basically have the shape of an (elongated) U.
- the reactor can therefore be designed in such a way that the pipe sections each comprise two pipe sections of a plurality of reaction tubes, which are at least partially arranged next to one another in the reactor vessel, the two pipe sections of the plurality of reaction tubes merging into one another in the first area via a reverse bend .
- the pipe sections in the second area is connected to a feed section and the other of the two pipe sections in the second area is connected to an extraction section.
- the one or more contact passages in the current feed arrangements can in this case comprise or represent the return arcs. Since there are several reaction tubes with return bends, if the number is appropriate, several return bends can also be provided in the respective power feed arrangements and in this way be connected to a power connection. In this way, the mechanical fastening can be improved and the number of components can be reduced. As an alternative, however, it is also possible, even when several reverse bends are energized via a power connection, to provide one power supply arrangement per reverse bend, for example to ensure individual longitudinal mobility of the power supply elements in the event of different thermal expansion.
- reaction tubes which have two feed sections and one removal section.
- reaction tubes there are two Feed sections each connected to a pipe section.
- the removal section is also connected to a pipe section.
- the pipe sections connected to the feed sections merge in a typically Y-shaped connecting area into the pipe section connected to the removal section. Both the pipe sections connected to the feed sections and the pipe section connected to the removal section can each have no, one or more return bends.
- reaction tubes as illustrated in FIG. 7C can be used.
- the pipe sections connected to the feed sections do not have a return bend, whereas the pipe section connected to the removal section has a return bend.
- reaction tubes as illustrated in FIG. 7B.
- the pipe sections connected to the feed sections each have a return bend and the pipe section connected to the removal section has two return bends.
- reaction tubes as illustrated in FIG. 7A are also possible.
- the pipe sections connected to the feed sections each have three return bends and the pipe section connected to the removal section has two return bends.
- an embodiment can also be used which is suitable for use with so-called 4-passage coils. These have four essentially straight pipe sections. However, arrangements with a higher, even number of straight pipe sections are also possible.
- a correspondingly designed reactor has, viewed more generally, one or more reaction tubes, each of which has or have an even number of four or more tube sections connected in series with one another via a number of return bends, the number of return bends being one less than the number of the pipe sections connected in series with one another via the return bends, and the return bends, starting with a first Reverse bends are arranged alternately in the first area and in the second area.
- a “reverse bend” is understood here to mean, in particular, a pipe section or pipe component which comprises a part-circular or part-elliptical, in particular semicircular or semi-elliptical pipe bend.
- the beginning and end have cut surfaces lying next to one another in one plane.
- Each of the return bends provided it is located in the first area within the reactor vessel and is to be appropriately energized, can be designed in the form of a contact passage in a current feed arrangement according to the invention or represent part of such.
- a corresponding reactor can in particular be designed as a reactor for steam cracking, in particular through the choice of corresponding temperature-resistant materials and the geometric configuration of the reaction tubes.
- Reaction tubes typically do not have any return bends within the reactor vessel.
- the pipe sections each comprise a pipe section of several reaction tubes, the pipe sections within the reactor vessel being fluidically unconnected and at least partially arranged next to one another and each connected to a feed section for fluid in the first area and a removal section for fluid in the second area are.
- the feed and removal sections for fluid extend in particular in the same direction as the pipe sections or do not cause a fluid flow that is deflected by more than 15 ° with respect to the fluid flow in the pipe sections connected therewith.
- the feed sections and removal sections are in particular also formed in one piece with them, i.e. in particular in the form of the same tube.
- the reaction tubes can in particular also be equipped with a suitable catalyst for steam reforming.
- the contact passages in a power supply arrangement represent straight pipe sections or channels
- the current feed element can be attached to the reaction tubes in the second area, in particular in the manner of a sleeve.
- the number of metal-to-metal connections can be reduced or even completely dispensed with by designing the power supply elements and the contact passages and optionally also the pipe sections from as few individual parts as possible.
- the mechanical stability and the reliability can be increased.
- the power feed elements and the contact passages can each be implemented as a single cast part, or, as mentioned, parts of the process-carrying pipelines can be encapsulated and / or parts of the process-carrying pipelines can be designed as an integral component of a corresponding cast piece .
- Metal-to-metal connections or metal transitions which can be reduced within the scope of the present invention, could lead to a local change in electrical resistance and therefore to hot spots. Hot spots in turn lead to a reduction in the service life due to increased local temperatures or to mechanical stress peaks due to high local temperature gradients. This is avoided within the scope of the present invention.
- a one-piece design of as many components as possible brings mechanical stability, reliability and a reduction in the number of individual components.
- a high level of mechanical stability is desirable, since failure, as mentioned, can lead to safety-critical situations.
- the described embodiment within the meaning of the present invention enables the principle of the reaction tubes resistance-heated with multiphase alternating current in star connection to be implemented technically in the high temperature range, ie in particular at more than 500 ° C., more than 600 ° C., more than 700 ° C. or more than 800 ° .
- the invention also relates to a method for carrying out a chemical reaction using a reactor which has a reactor vessel and one or more reaction tubes, a number of pipe sections of the one or more reaction tubes each running between a first area and a second area in the reactor container , and where the first areas for Heating the pipe sections are each electrically connected to one or more power connections of a power source.
- a reactor which has power feed arrangements in the first area, to each of which one or a group of the pipe sections is electrically connected, the current feed arrangements each comprising one or more contact passages which each connect to at least one of the pipe sections in the first Area connects or connect, and wherein a wall of the contact passages is each connected to a current feed element which has at least one rod-shaped section, which in each case runs at a wall passage through a wall of the reactor vessel.
- FIG. 1 schematically illustrates a reactor for carrying out a chemical reaction according to an embodiment not according to the invention.
- FIG. 2 schematically illustrates a reactor for carrying out a chemical reaction according to an embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 3 schematically illustrates a reactor for carrying out a chemical reaction according to a further embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 4 schematically illustrates a reactor with a current feed arrangement according to an embodiment of the invention.
- Figures 5A to 5C illustrate reaction tubes and corresponding arrangements for use in a reactor according to an embodiment of the invention.
- Figures 6A and 6B illustrate reaction tubes and corresponding arrangements for use in a reactor in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
- FIGS. 7A to 7C illustrate further reaction tubes for use in a reactor according to an embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 8 shows values of thermal and electrical parameters in a power feed arrangement according to an embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 9 schematically illustrates a reactor with a current feed arrangement according to an embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 1 schematically illustrates a reactor for carrying out a chemical reaction according to an embodiment not according to the invention.
- the reactor designated here by 300 is set up to carry out a chemical reaction.
- it has an in particular thermally insulated reactor vessel 10 and a reaction tube 20, a number of tube sections of the reaction tube 20, which are designated here by 21 only in two cases, each between a first zone 11 'and a second zone 12' in the Reactor vessel 10 run.
- the reaction tube 20, which will be explained in more detail below with reference to FIG. 2, is fastened with suitable suspensions 13 to a ceiling of the reactor vessel or to a support structure.
- the reactor vessel can be in a lower area in particular have a not illustrated furnace. It goes without saying that a plurality of reaction tubes can be provided here and below.
- FIG. 2 schematically illustrates a reactor for carrying out a chemical reaction in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, which is designated as a whole by 100.
- the zones previously designated 11 'and 12' are designed here as areas 11 and 12, the pipe sections 21 for heating the pipe sections 21 in the first areas 11 being electrically connectable to the phase connections U, V, W) of a multiphase alternating current source 50 . Switches and the like and the specific type of connection are not illustrated.
- the pipe sections 21 are electrically conductively connected to one another in the second regions 12 by means of a connecting element 30 which is integrally connected to the one or more reaction tubes 20 and is arranged within the reactor vessel 10.
- a neutral conductor can also be connected to it.
- a first group of reverse arcs 23 (bottom in the drawing) are arranged next to one another in the first area 11 and a second group of reverse arches 23 (top in the drawing) are arranged next to one another in the second area 12.
- the return bends 23 of the second group are formed in the connecting element 30 and the pipe sections 21 extend from the connecting element 30 in the second area 12 to the first area 11.
- connecting element 30 is optional within the scope of the present invention, although advantageous. Embodiments of the invention that are explained in the following, however, relate in particular to the design of the means for power supply in the first area 11. This takes place through the use of power supply elements 41, which are illustrated here in a greatly simplified manner and of which only one is designated.
- FIG. 3 schematically illustrates a reactor for carrying out a chemical reaction in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, which is designated as a whole by 200.
- the pipe sections denoted here by 22 each comprise a pipe section 22 of a plurality of reaction tubes 20, the pipe sections 22 being fluidically unconnected next to one another in the reactor vessel 10 and each being connected to feed sections 24 and removal sections 25.
- connecting element 30 is optional within the scope of the present invention, albeit advantageous.
- power feed elements 41 are illustrated in a greatly simplified manner. These can have a sleeve-like area 49 which, in the first area 11, is placed around the reaction tubes 20 or the tube sections.
- FIG. 4 shows a detail view of the first area 11 of a reactor 100, for example according to FIG.
- the return bend 23 is formed here in a contact passage 42 with a reinforced wall which adjoins the two pipe sections 21 in the first region 11.
- a wall of the contact passage 42, and thus of the return bend 23, is connected to the already mentioned power feed element, denoted as a whole by 41, which, as indicated here between dashed lines, has a rod-shaped section 43, which in each case at a wall passage 15 through a wall 14 of the reactor vessel 10 runs.
- the wall passage 15 is exaggeratedly wide here shown.
- the rod-shaped section is received in the wall passage 15 such that it can move longitudinally and is lined, for example, with a suitable insulating material 16.
- a bellows arrangement 44 can optionally, but by no means essential for the present invention, be provided, which ensures a gas-tight seal of the reactor vessel 10 from the environment despite the longitudinal mobility of the rod-shaped sections 43.
- the rod-shaped section 43 is followed by a further rod-shaped section 45, the temperature of which decreases with increasing distance from the reactor vessel 10.
- the further rod-shaped section merges into a power feed spigot 46 to which, for example, two busbars or strands for connecting the phases U, V, W or corresponding power connections of a direct current source or a single-phase alternating current source are attached.
- the current can be fed in at one point per reaction tube 21 on the lower (or only) reverse bend.
- M reaction tubes can be electrically coupled to one another, with a phase shift of 360 M and with a common connecting element 30.
- a particularly large connecting element 30 can be used per coil package or for all reaction tubes 20 under consideration.
- the use of two smaller-sized connecting elements 30 is also possible.
- the first alternative just explained is illustrated in FIG. 5B, the second alternative just explained in FIG. 5C in a cross-sectional view through the pipe sections 21, a corresponding reaction tube 20 being shown in a view perpendicular to the views of FIGS. 5B and 5C in FIG. 5A. Reference is made to FIG. 1 for the designation of the corresponding elements.
- connection element (s) 30 with the reversal bends 23 possibly arranged there on the one hand and the other reversal bends 23 on the other hand with the connections to the phases U, V, W via the power supply arrangements 40 (shown here in a highly simplified manner) in different levels, are arranged corresponding to the first and the second area 11, 12 of a reactor. It should again be emphasized that the presence and arrangement of the connecting elements 30 is purely optional or arbitrary within the scope of the present invention.
- this concept can also be applied to coils or reaction tubes 20 with four passages or pipe sections 21 (so-called 4-pass coils), in this case with one, two or four star bridges or connecting elements 30.
- a corresponding example is shown in FIG Figures 6A and 6B, four connecting elements 3 are shown in Figure 6B.
- the return bends 23 are shown here with dashed lines (reverse bends in the second region 12 of the reactor) and not dashed (reverse bends in the first region 11).
- the elements are only partially provided with reference symbols.
- FIGS. 7A to 7C illustrate further reaction tubes for use in a reactor according to an embodiment of the invention.
- the reaction tubes and tube sections are only partially provided here with reference numerals. Infeed and withdrawal sections result from the flow arrows shown.
- the current feed arrangements 40 which in particular are present several times and can be designed in the manner explained above, are indicated in a greatly simplified manner by dashed lines.
- FIG. 8 values of thermal and electrical parameters in a current feed arrangement 40 according to a particularly preferred embodiment of the present invention are illustrated, with a value of the time-squared potential (rms value) over the designated elements 46 on the abscissa (Power feeder), 46 and 45 (rod-shaped elements), 42 (contact passage) and 21 or 22 (pipe sections) and on the ordinate a value of the mean temperature of cross-sectional or iso-surfaces and the corresponding surface areas are indicated.
- a graph 101 (solid line) illustrates the mean temperatures of the cross-sectional areas and a graph 102 (dashed line) the areas.
- the mean temperatures 101 rise and show a jump in an intermediate zone between the contact passage 42 and the pipe sections 21 or 22, in particular due to a rapid decrease in cross section.
- dashed or dash-dotted areas 101a and 102a a limited local temperature increase and a cross-sectional expansion can be present in the area of the wall openings 15.
- FIG. 9 shows a detail view of the first region 11 of a reactor 200, the elements shown in each case already having been explained in connection with FIG.
- the reaction tube 20 does not have a return bend here and the tube sections 21 are arranged along a common central axis.
- a non-curved transition area is denoted by 23a.
- a corresponding embodiment can be used, for example, instead of a sleeve in the reactor 200 according to FIG. 3.
- the transition area 23a is also formed here in a contact passage 42 with a reinforced wall which adjoins the two pipe sections 21 in the first area 11. Reference is made to FIG. 4 for further explanations.
- the wall passage 15 is also shown here exaggeratedly wide.
- the rod-shaped section is received in the wall passage 15 in a longitudinally movable manner and is lined, for example, with a suitable insulating material 16.
- the wall passage 15 can also have a different configuration, in particular in order to create further possibilities for movement. This also applies to the optional bellows arrangement 44.
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